"indicate beforehand," 1570s, figurative, from fore- + shadow (v.); the notion seems to be a shadow thrown before an advancing material object as an image of something suggestive of what is to come. Related: Foreshadowed; foreshadowing. As a noun from 1831. Old English had forescywa "shadow," forescywung "overshadowing."
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1. The disappointing sales figures foreshadow more redundancies.
令人失望的销售额预示着会有更多人被裁员。
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2. Their words foreshadow events to come.
他们的话预示了所将要发生的事情.
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3. The current surge of Internet - enabled cell phones and personal digital assistants ( PDAs ) foreshadow what's to come.
上网手和个人数字助理 ( PDA ) 蓬勃兴起的现状预示示未来的趋势.
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4. The descriptions of the clerks foreshadow the main characters, of the Dreams in the Red Mansion.
薛蟠致人死亡案中,胥吏的形象更是被作者揭露得淋漓尽致.
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5. The book then uses this information to foreshadow the direction that future anti - neoplastic therapies will take.
